MEMOIRS 
OF THE 
AMERICAN ACADEMY. 
VI. 
Al Vocabulary of the Soahili Language, on the Eastern Coast of 
Africa ; by Samuel K. Masury. 
Communicated by Charles Pickering, M. D. 
Tue following Vocabulary was obtained by Dr. Charles Picker- 
ing, during his stay at Zanzibar, in 1844. It was collected with 
care by an intelligent gentleman of Salem, Massachusetts, who had 
resided for some time in Zanzibar; and it is so difficult to procure 
authentic specimens of languages from the less frequented quarters 
of the globe, that it appeared desirable to preserve this in the Me- 
moirs of the Academy. The following short note of Dr. Pickering 
will give all the necessary information respecting it. 
JOHN PICKERING. 
Boston, July, 1845. 
To Joun Pickerine, President of the American Academy of Arts 
and Sciences. 
Sm :— The accompanying Vocabulary was obtained by Mr. Ma- 
sury, of Salem, Massachusetts, from a native of the Comoro Islands, 
who had resided several years at Zanzibar. The Soahili language, 
